Can Syria’s Assad Fight His Way to Political Survival?
Despite the death and destruction his security forces are raining down on opposition-held neighborhoods in Syria, President Bashar Assad is unlikely to succeed in crushing a year-old rebellion. International revulsion at the …
Must-Reads from Around the World: February 28, 2012
Electioneering – The New York Times casts skepticism on revelations Monday that Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services have thwarted an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin. “The report came less than a week before the …
“Maybe what these emails actually reveal is how a Texas-based corporate research firm can get a little carried away in marketing itself as a for-hire CIA and end up fooling some over-eager hackers into believing it's true.”
The Sun Rises on Sunday, but Murdoch’s News International Faces More Controversy
For media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, the Feb. 26 launch of the Sun on Sunday must have brought a degree of relief. On one level it fills the gap created by the closure of the disgraced News of the World. As he expressed rather …
Gujarat’s 2002 Riots: 10 Years Later, Narendra Modi Remains in Spotlight
Ten years after the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat — one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence in modern India — all eyes are on the man who led the state then and still leads it today, Narendra Modi. I …
Chavez’s Cancer Mystery: What if Venezuela’s President Doesn’t Run for Re-Election?
Lent, the pre-Easter season that started last week, is traditionally a time when Christians ponder their mortality – and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had a lot of it to contemplate before he left Caracas for Havana to …
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Must-Reads from Around the World: February 27, 2012
Syrian Support – After Sunday’s draft constitution vote in Syria, President Bashar Assad’s international allies seem emboldened. On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times said in an editorial: “What the West …
Desmond Tutu: Tackling Child Marriage in India
In India, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In the state of Bihar, the statistics are even grimmer: 69% of girls are wedded before they’re 18 and 48% before they turn 15. Archbishop …
“The dream of an Iraq governed by elected leaders answerable to the people is rapidly fading away.”
Haiti Without a Prime Minister Again: Is This Reconstruction or ‘Deconstruction’?
This article was written by Tim Padgett in Miami with Susana Ferreira in Port-au-Prince
Speaking to his nation Friday night, Feb. 24, Haitian President Michel Martelly sported several pink bracelets that read Tet Kale, or “Bald Head” in Creole, a political slogan referring to Martelly’s own shaved pate. Unfortunately, it’s the …
U.S. Agency in Daze After Fukushima Disaster, Transcripts Show
Transcripts released this week by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reveal an atmosphere of confusion in the U.S. agency in the first days after the nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power station last year. …